Software Engineer

RAC WA; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RAC WA is seeking a Software Engineer to design, build and maintain cloud-native solutions across a modern stack in Azure. You will drive quality with end-to-end testing and embed DevOps practices while engaging with users and stakeholders to capture real needs.

You'll contribute to frontend, backend and integration design, ensuring high availability and resilience with clear RTO/RPO targets, in a hybrid work setup with opportunities for growth across WA sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or related field.
• Experience designing, architecting and building software systems.
• Strong track record with cloud-native architectures on Azure.
• Hands-on with Terraform, ARM templates and PowerShell.
• Experience implementing robust CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and build solutions to real business challenges with intuitive experiences.
• Architect and manage cloud resources on Azure with performance, availability and cost in mind.
• Own end-to-end testing across unit, integration, performance and functional tests.
• Shape standards, automate pipelines and embed DevOps practices across the team.
• Engage with users and stakeholders to gather requirements and feedback.
• Contribute to end-to-end solution design across frontend, backend and integration.
• Ensure systems remain available and resilient with meaningful RTO and RPO targets.

Job description

Join RAC WA as a Software Engineer and help shape the digital experiences that serve hundreds of thousands of Western Australians. You'll work across a modern cloud-native stack, lead by example, and make a real impact on products that matter.

This will start as a 2 year maximum term contract position.

What You'll Be Doing

• You'll design and build solutions to real business challenges ensuring experiences that are intuitive, engaging, and built to last.

• Bring infrastructure to life using code-first principles on Azure. You'll architect and manage cloud resources that strike the right balance between performance, availability, and cost.

• Quality is non-negotiable. You'll own end-to-end testing — unit, integration, performance, and functional — and document your work so that knowledge flows freely across the team.

• You'll be a driving force behind best practices — shaping standards, automating pipelines, and embedding DevOps culture into the way the team delivers.

• You'll engage directly with users and business stakeholders to truly understand what they need — then build it. No telephone game, no guesswork.

• You'll contribute to strategic solution design end-to-end — front-end, back-end, and integration — ensuring what gets built aligns with RAC's long-term technology direction.

• You'll ensure systems stay available and resilient, with disaster recovery measures that meet meaningful RTO and RPO targets — and strong stakeholder relationships to back it all up.

What You Bring

• You have a solid track record across software design, architecture, development, and testing. You're proficient in .NET,JavaScript/TypeScript,React, Next.js and Python. Bonus points for Sitecore or Contentful experience.

• You've built cloud-native systems before — ideally on Azure — and you're comfortable with Terraform, ARM, and/or PowerShell. CI/CD isn't an afterthought for you; it's how you work.

• You believe in quality at every stage. You're experienced across unit, integration, performance, functional, and automated testing — and you know how to build it into the pipeline.

• You understand what high-availability and high-resiliency design looks like in practice. Experience with headless CMS and mobile frameworks (React Native, Ionic, PWA) is highly regarded.

• A tertiary qualification in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Microsoft Azure certifications are a plus; Dynamics, Power Platform, and ITIL certifications are a bonus.

• You're skilled at gathering and shaping requirements, comfortable with BDD, and experienced working in — and helping others grow within — agile delivery environments.

• You're available for standard operating hours with some on-call responsibility, and you're open to travelling between RAC sites when needed.

What's in It for You

• You'll be building and maintaining products used by real Western Australians every day — not demos or side projects.

• RAC invests in its people. Think learning opportunities, certifications, and a team that genuinely celebrates career progression.

• Flexible and hybrid arrangements, RAC takes work-life balance seriously.

• Diverse, inclusive, and built on a growth mindset. You'll be welcomed, supported, and challenged in equal measure.

• Gain RAC Staff Benefits including free Roadside Assistance and 25% discount on your Insurances, Social Club and access Fitness Passport for cheaper gym memberships.

• Contribute to an organisation with genuine community purpose, working on initiatives that align with a mission bigger than the bottom line.

About RAC

RAC WA is a member-focused organisation dedicated to creating a safer, more sustainable, and connected future for all Western Australians. We're an Equal Opportunity Employer who welcomes everyone. For support during the application process, please contact [e-mail]